Usually means: Formed as a foundation beneath.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word underlain:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. underlain: Merriam-Webster
  2. underlain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. underlain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. underlain: Collins English Dictionary
  5. underlain: Vocabulary.com
  6. underlain: Wordnik
  7. underlain: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. underlain: Wiktionary
  9. underlain: Dictionary.com
  10. underlain: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. underlain: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. underlain: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. underlain: Encyclopedia

(Note: See underlie as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath something.
verb:  (transitive) To lie under or beneath.
verb:  (transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
verb:  (transitive) To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
verb:  (mining) To underlay.
▸ Also see underlie


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